Summer Toadstools

Mornin' y'all!  I'm up early today, I woke up at 5:00 and decided I wasn't getting back to sleep so here I am.  And I'm pleased to report that after a slow start in my craft room yesterday afternoon, I finally got in the groove and made a couple of things I like.  So here's my card for today:

The colors may be a little off in the photo, but I took the pic early this morning before the sun was up.  I went with the As You See It colors:

I will admit that when I see a color challenge like this that is perfect for a floral card, my contrary little brain wants to do anything BUT flowers.  After some thought, I landed on Terrific Toadstools...it's been a little bit since I used it so that was fun.  I modified this week's CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch:

I have all the same layers, but in different proportions than on the original sketch, and I had to move up the sentiment panel a bit so my toadstool would have room to grow.

That's it for now, it's time for me to start my workout.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Terrific Toadstools
Ink:  Versamark, Melon Mambo, Peach Pie, Garden Green
Paper:  Peach Pie, Melon Mambo, Garden Green, Thick Basic White, Peach Pie DSP, Toadstool Gardens DSP Stack
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, white EP, Dimensionals, Glossy Dots

Red, White, & Birthday

From my blog post title, you can tell I am Team Oxford Comma ; )  I thought I wasn't going to have a card to share today--I started something yesterday and it ended up in the bin and then I was so busy this morning while Ryan was at farm camp that I didn't even get into my craft room at all until after lunchtime so here we are at 3:30 in the afternoon and I just finally made something and here it is:

I had to add the gold embellishments because I dropped a stamp on the card front as I was cleaning it and it made a little mark on the top of the card.  The recipient will never know that, but now you do!

Today is my mom's birthday so happy birthday, Ma!  My sister's birthday is a few days from now and my dad's birthday (and his twin's, obviously) are later this month, so a Fourth of July themed birthday card is always a good idea in my family.  Which works out nicely for the current Retro Rubber Challenge:

July Fourth is the stamp set with the fireworks and stars, and it is now 15 years old; the birthday greeting is the single stamp Birthday Wish which is at least 10 years old, so all my stamps today are very retro.  I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

And the red, white, and blue color challenge from Shopping Our Stash.  I already sent out birthday cards to my mom and Adrienne (trying so hard to get them out on time, something new and different for me), so this will either go to my dad this year (though I already had a different card picked out) or else it will go in my birthday card file for next year.

So now let's hope I have worked through my creative block and that I can go make something else while Ryan is playing with his friends.  I hate it when I don't have much time to craft and then when I do finally get in my craft room that I just can't get anything done that I like, does that ever happen to any of you?  I've been having a block for a while now where it just feels like a lot more work than usual to come up with something that I like, not sure what the deal is.  But anyway, that's it for me today.  I'm going to go back up to my craft room while I can : )  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  July Fourth, Birthday Wish
Ink:  Blueberry Bushel, Real Red
Paper:  Thick Basic White, Blueberry Bushel, Real Red DSP scraps
Accessories:  Layering Circles dies, Dimensionals, Gold Starbursts

Hang In There, Rusty

Mornin' y'all.  Moving slow this morning since Ryan was up in the middle of the night for a while but as soon as I get this post written, I'm going to do my workout and get the day started.  Ryan really enjoyed his first day of farm camp, which involved meeting lots of animals, picking up duck eggs (he loves ducks, so he was super excited about that but a little sad that they wouldn't give him an egg to take home), cleaning poop out of the birds' enclosure (doesn't sound like fun to me but whatever), and starting to prepare orange marmalade (hopefully they washed their hands after the poop thing).

So, I actually have two cards to share this morning.

I was working on them both at the same time the other night and Resourceful Rusty is on the Last Chance List (or at least, he was the last time I looked), so go snatch him up now.

I need some "hang in there" cards and I found the perfect greeting in Inspiration Squad.  I used the Hand-Stamped Sentiments color challenge for both cards:

Plus a bit of Pecan Pie and Ivory for Rusty himself.  Next up is the Paper Players challenge:

I went diagonal, CAS - die cut - masculine, and down the right side, square card - embossing - masculine.  You might not be able to tell, but the appley background is stamped with Versamark and clear embossed.

One good Rusty card deserves another so here's the other one:

I actually started this one first for last week's CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch:

I missed a couple of weeks playing along with them and I really enjoy it, so even if this card is a bit late (their new challenge just dropped) I'm glad I made it anyway.

Alright, time for me to get my workout on so I'll have time to get cleaned up before taking Ryan to day 2 of farm camp.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Resourceful Rusty, Inspiration Squad
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Strawberry Slush, Stampin' Blends in Pecan Pie, Ivory, Granny Apple Green, Strawberry Slush
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, clear EP, Dimensionals